Had a little love, but I spread it thin

Falling in her arms and out again

Made a bad name for my game around town

Tore up my heart, and shut it down



Nothing to do

Nowhere to be

A simple little kind of free

Nothing to do

No one but me

And that's all I need



I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)

'Cause I don't belong to anyone

Nobody belongs to me



I see friends around from time to time

When their ladies let them slip away

And when they ask me how I'm doing with mine

This is always what I say



Nothing to do

Nowhere to be

A simple little kind of free

Nothing to do

No one to be

Is it really hard to see



Why I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)

'Cause I don't belong to anyone

Nobody belongs to me



And this is not to say

There never comes a day

I'll take my chances and start again

And when I look behind

On all my younger times

I have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong



I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely (Yeah)

'Cause I don't belong to anyone

Nobody belongs to me



(It's the way, it's the way, it's the way that I want it)